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Mike Barber’s Around the CAA – Awards Edition

November 18, 2009

 Editor’s Note – Mike Barber, the assistant sports editor of the Daily News Record in Harrisonburg, will be offering a weekly look around the CAA to readers of Virginia Sports Now.   Keep up with Mike’s great work daily at the paper’s site - www.dnronline.com – and look for a notebook   here weekly.   HARRISONBURG [...]

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Villanova’s Talley foresees ‘all-time great game’

November 17, 2009

EDITOR’S NOTE – One CAA coach can claim a bit of knowledge about Richmond as well as William and Mary.  Villanova is the only team that beat the Spiders and the only team that beat the Tribe.  Virginia Sports Now’s John Packett checked in with Talley to get this thoughts on Saturday’s matchup. [...]

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UR-Tribe matches fine teams, familiar coaches

November 16, 2009

It’s on. Richmond meets William and Mary on Saturday at noon at UR Stadium in the 119th edition of the south’s oldest college football rivalry.   The teams have traded many punches over the years but this meeting may be the best of them all in terms of quality of the teams and [...]

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FREE – Work pays off for Tribe’s Grimes

October 27, 2009

EDITOR’S NOTE – Former Times-Dispatch colleague John Packett checks in with the Tribe of the College of William and Mary on a regular basis for Virginia Sports Now.  In this week’s installment, he takes a look at standout tailback Jonathan Grimes. It doesn’t seem to matter to Jonathan Grimes whether he’s a [...]

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Tribe’s Grimes, Spiders’ Forte rush to the top

October 26, 2009

As the Colonial Athletic Association football season winds toward its finish, an interesting battle is shaping up at the top of the league’s rushing statistics. In this corner, ranked No. 1: William and Mary sophomore Jonathan Grimes. He’s rushing for 91.6 yards per game and averaging 5.0 yards per carry. [...]

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FREE – Tribe, Wildcats to enjoy national exposure

September 29, 2009

Editor’s Note – This story was contributed by former Richmond Times-Dispatch colleague John Packett.  He will write regularly about William and Mary football along with other CAA topics throughout the season. BY JOHN PACKETT  Coaches in the Colonial Athletic Association have long known how good their league is compared [...]

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